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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

SPECIAL NoTICEs-Kieffer's Drug Store; Knabe
Pianos for Executive Mansions, Davis Bros. !;
Personal, George V. Hecker & Co.; Notice as to
Fireworks, r. II. Anderson, Chief of Police;
Xmas at Wylly & Clarke's; Special Notice,
Ramon Salas, Vice Consul; Turkeys, Etc,
Adams & Fleming; Merry Xmas, l.. Putzel
Horse Sense and Turn Down Collar, Town
send; Plainly Perfect, Strauss Printing Co.; Re
moval DIR. R. P. Oliveros; Potatoes, Kavanaugh
g. Brennan; The Mendelssohn Concert Season;
Dissolution, Parsons & Pike.
O'Brien.
BARGAINs-At Altmayer's.
A BANK OF CANDY-Byck Bros
SroP AND BE CoNvINCED-At Belsinger's.
CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR EvERYBoDY-A. S. Cohen.
HOLIDAY GooDs-At Dumas.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale; Rattle: Lost; Board; Personal; Photo
graphic; Miscellaneous.
FIRST GRAND ANNUAL EXHIBITIoN-Richmond
County Poultry and Pet Stock Association.
CHRISTMAS ANNoUNCEMENT-Eckste 5.
DIAMONDS AND GoLD-Dayis Bros
ONLY WEEK-B. II. Levy & Bro
HOLIDAY GooDs-Hirsch Bros.
PIANOS AND ORGANs--L. & B. S. NJ. II.
AUCTION SALE-Two Elegant Residences for
Sale c.. H. Dorset; Furniture, Marshall & Nc
Leod
LEGAL NoTIcE-Notice in Admiralty.
WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEwELRY, ETC. - Theus
Bros.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
Smiths Remarkable Memory.
From, the Nashville american


Another Smith is he who occupies place in
the document room Of the Senate, and is known
as the man with the phenomenal memory He
can tell from memory the exact volume in
which any bill or resolution passed by Congress
may be found. He scarcely ever refers to his
index and then only when minor cases of a
private nature are inquired after. There is a
tradition among the older newspaper men that
Smith was suddenly taken sick some ten wears
ago and that the trouble soon assumed the
shape of fever and attacked his head The
his condition from the quiet little country house
few miles from Washington For many days,
as the disease gained on him, it seemed dubious
for Smith and his cyclopedic brain, and cores
pondingy for the public men who depended
upon his ready stock of knowledge But the
clouds broke at last and he began slowly to
mend 1t was a bllmy morning in May when
AMI returned to his old desk, and among the
first TO test the brain of the convalescent man
was Senator Window.
AMI" he said. lis there any document
which will give me any information as to the
Mendocino Indian Reservation"
AMI sguinted at the ceiling few seconds
longer than usual, pulled meditatvely the front
lock of his hair, while his assistants gathered
about in sympathetic S Spouse. and then sud-
denly, as ii catching the spirit OF revival borne
in through the windows on the bossom-laden
air, broke out with:
why, yes; it was in the Fortieth Congress
second session. And think you will find it in
Vol. | of House miscellaneous Documents, No
145."
search for the document proved the cor
RICHNESS of Amzi's statement Though nearly
ten years had elapsed since the document was
issued, AMI Smith still remembered its number
and what it contained
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
A Chance for Reform Work.

Convicts do not appear to have much
difficulty in escaping from the convict
camps in this State. Accounts of escapes
appear frequently in the public prints. In
our dispatches yesterday there was an ac-
count of an effort to recapture at Athens
notorious convict who had succeeded in get
ting away from the convict camp He is
believed to have committed at least two
crimes since he gave his guards the slip.
Is it not about time the Governor was
making an inquiry into the management of
the convict camps! If the guards were suf-
ficient in number, competent and trust
worthy, desperate convicts would not be at
liberty within few months after being SEN
fenced to the penitentiary. What is the
use of spending time and money in convict
ing criminals, when so many Of them sue
coed in escaping the penalties imposed upon
thems Are the convict lessees to be per-
mitted, by carelessness or indifference, to
continue to virtually nullify the sentences
Of the courts? Is there not some method
by which they can be forced to guard the
convicts more strictlyl lr4. aHi
What has become of Walsh, the life pris-
oner from this county? Has any effort been
made to capture him! Has the Principal
Keeper of the Penitentiary or the Governor
taken any steps in that direction, or has
any investigation been made of the circum-
stances surrounding his escape' If anything
at all with regard to his case has been done
the fact has not been made public. The
lessees, it is true, offered a small reward for
his arrest, hut it was hardly enough to ill.,
spire any vigorous search for him.
The Governor was asked a few days before
Walsh's escape whether or not Walsh was
still in the convict camp, and he answered,
after satisfying himself on the point, that
he was The inquiry was suggested by a
report that he either had escaped, or was
preparing to do so. This would seem to in
dictate that it was known TO parties outside
of the convict camp that he intended to
escape, and that no doubt was entertained
that he would succeed
There should be thorough investigation
of the Walsh case, and also of the numerous
other cases of escape which have occurred
within the last few months. The convict
camps are fast losing whatever terror they
had for convicts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
They Should be Restrained.

The tendency seems to be growing among
parents to let their boys do pretty much as
they please, and the consequence is that
youths of tender age may be seen parading
the streets and spending their time in loafing
Too much liberty is allowed in this direc-
tior 1t should be curtailed The loafng
habit is not one that will bring credit or
future success to those who engage in it.
The street loafer contracts idleness, and
idleneSs makes cases for the court calendars.
This city has its quota of idle youths.
White boys who seem TO have nothing to
do but to walk the streets and puff clga-
rettes may be found in numbers, without
instituting anything like search for them
and colored boys block the street-corners
and invade the lanes. The effect of such
loose management of children may be seen
in the courts, and it seems to be impossible
for the police to check the growing tenden-
CIV to minor crimes. After a while these
minor crimes will be followed by graver
ones, which ina great measure may be
traced back to idleness and street-loafing
If parents cannot send their children to
school, or get work for them, the duty is in
cumbent upon them of keeping them as far
as possible out of the reach of such influen-
ces as are encountered by young boys who
spend their time on the streets
1t seems useless to strike at that other habit
of boys nowadays, viz, cigarette smoking
which goes along with street loafing. 1t is
not probable that these boys buy
good article of tobacco, but on the
contrary they generally purchase the
cheapest brands on the market, made not
with view to purity, but simply to sup.
ply the demand. These cigarettes contain
an opiate that gradually and surely in
creases the boys appetite Cor the habit, and
will as surely undermine his health il he
continues the habit long enough.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
INGERsoLL's ALBANY SPEECH.
His Distinction Between Beverages
and Drinks.
From the Albanu Ara,t

From the Albany Argus.
One day last week the Court of Appeals was
crowded with spectators anxious to listen to
the eloquence Of ex-senator Roscoe Conkling
and Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, it having been
giuen out that they would argue motions
that day. The ono in which Mr.. Conkling an
peared in behalf of the city of New
York was a commonplace appeal from a
Judgment on an alleged fraudulent street con-
tract and it did not afford him much of an op-
portunity for the display of his forensic power
But that in which Iol. Ingersoll was pitted
against ex-Judge Noah Davis was one in which
he felt himself lat home, " and his fancy had
full swing. 1t was the appeal of Breslin
and Villas, the New York hotel keepers, from
their arrest for selling wines to their
guests at dinner on Sundays. He bristled with
quotations from Scripture and Shakespeare
claiming that the men who were honest in their
prohibition efforts were even more infrequent
than angels visits" aud repeatedly asked his
learned opponent: May not enjoy my ease in
mine inn?'' He objected to lice water as a re-
freshment, saying that he himself knew it to be
injurious. But, the highest fight of his humor
was wheu he defined the difference between
drink and beverage" The former a man,
he says takes and enjoys with his dinner
to aid digesti n. The latter is the potion that
some men take between meals" This consti-
tuteS Col Ingersoll claimed, the chief distinc-
ton between a hotel and a saloon, the former
being by their Licenses, allowed TO serve drinks.
and the latter forbidden by theirs to sell intoxi
eating beverages on Sunday
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

The tone of the Brunswick papers indi-
Gates that the people of that city are salts
fed with the sale of the Brunswick and
Western to the Savannah, Florida and
Western. The Advertiser and AppedL
says: 1--WE believe that we voice the senti-
ment of the patrons of the road when we
say that the news of the sale is received
with joy" The Journal says: "We rather
incline to the belief that the sale will inure
to the benefit of Brunswick" The Journal.
however, has some doubts apparently
whether the sale will result bene-
ficially to Brunswick, and it gives
the Savannah, Florida and West
ern fair warning that it twill denounce
in unmeasured terms any and all attempts
to divert from Brunswick any OF the legiti-
mate trade which naturally belongs to
her."
1t is quite certain that the business men
of Brunswick are glad that the road has
passed out of the hands of the German
bondholders into the hands of company
that is not only able but intends to put it
into first-class condition. In its present
condition it is little better than no road.
The road bed is out of repair, and the roll
ing stock is far from being equal to the de-
mands upon il.
1t is not probable, of course, that Mr.
Plant and his friends purchased it for
the purpose of building up Brunswick or
any other town. They bought it because
they believed they could make 1t a useful
and profitable part of their railroad system.
They will put it in first class order and of
course its business will be greatly increased.
1t is safe to say that they have no hostility
to Brunswick, and, that being the case that
city must be benefited to some extent by
the roads increased business All corpo-
rations do the best they can with their
property, and that is just about what the
Savannah, Florida and Western will do
with the Brunswick and Western. One
thing is certain, and that is, that Bruins
wick will have first.class and well-man-
aged road in place of the present unsatis-
factory one. That is something to rejoice
over.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

The attack upon policeman last Sunday
by a mob of boys was the outcome of the
violations of the law by their elders. Such
boys will soon become hoodlums unless they
are made to respect the law. Would it not
be well for the police to give their attention
TO the selling of liquor on Sundays Such
places are easily recognized by the crowds
going in and out of side doors and back
gates leading to saloons, and by the half
drunken crowds loafng in the vicinity of
drinking places. The police authorities GER
tainly have it in their power to stop this
Sunday traffic in liquor, which is not only
demoralizing but leads to other violations
of the law
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

Fancy Plush Albums, Autograph and
Photograph, two hundred different styles,
from 81 to $40.
Combination Plush Whiskbroom Holders,
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Imitation Russia Leather Glove and
Handkerchief Boxes, satin lined, complete
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Francy Brass Vases S. IS; cheap at $40.
Antique Brass Umbrella Stands, plain,
ornamental and hand-painted, So so to 81.
.Esthetic Brass Whiskbroom Holders
from SOC. up.
Artificial Flowers, with Majolica Pot,
complete, 81 to s. so.
Combination Screen, Card and Chess
Table, all complete, 81 so.
Papier Mache Collar and Cuff Boxes, set
complete, 25c.
Elegant line of Gents Fine Silk and Satin
Scarfs. Silk Handkerchiefs, etc.
A fine line of Gold and Gold Plated Scarf
Pins, Eardrop Brooches, Cuff Buttons, ETC.,
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An artistic line of Toilet, Manicure and
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Brass Goods of every description.
An extensive line of Bisque Dolls, Drums,
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80 saved on every pair Shoes purchased
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
LADIES HANDKERCHIEFs.

0S0 DOZEN L. lies White Hemstitched
ZCU Linen Handkerchief wide and narrow
hens, from 10c. to 75c each.
500 dozen Ladies' Coored Bordered Hem
stitched Linen Handkerchlefs, all different
styles. from 10c. to 75c. each.
100 dozen Ladies' Mourning Henlstitched Lin
en- Handkerchiefs, very choice patterns, from
10c to 75c. each
rs dozen Ladies' White and Fancy Embroid-
cred Linen Cambria Handkerchiefs, exquisite
styles, from 25c. to 75c. each.
100 dozen Children Colored Bordered Hem
stitched Linen Handkerchiefs, all new designs,
at Il g. each.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

There is good deal Of CONSERVATION in
England over the announcement in Lon
don paper that New Yorker, DR.. Hamil-
ton Williams, has at his disposal 81, 100000
for organizing dynamite plots and assassi-
nation schemes in England. DR.. Williams
is said TO have succeeded O'Donovan Rosa
as the head of the dynamite party. This is
strong evidence that there are considerably
less than 81, OO0,0O in the treasury, and that
no harm worth speaking of viii be done
across the Atlantic
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
Loves Importantly.

You'll marry me, darling,
Full soon, will you nots
I've laid out the garden
And finished the cot.
I've built one bright room, love,
That looks toward the west,
That you, oh, my sweetheart,
May call your own nest.
Then name the day early,
For times on the wing
The sexton is waiting
The joy bells to ring.
You'll marry me, darling,
Full soon, will you not,
And reign as my bride
In our dear little coty
--MRs. NJ. A. KIpDER
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
Cowhovs "a Civ lizers.

From the Baltimore american CRep0
Hereafter if any OF the local authorities in the
East wish to stop prize fight let them engage
the services of a cowboy. The way in which
one of these hilarious individuals prevented a
set-to in an Indiana town shows that on such an
occasion, at least. the cowboy is valuable pro-
mnter of civilization
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

The terrible disaster that overwhelmed
Northern China, submerged eleven cities
and destroyed thousands of human beings
caused scarcely ripple of excitement in
this country How little do the misfortunes
of people widely separated from us, and
with whom we have little in common, affect
us, however great their msfortunes may be-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
A Lively Organ,

From the Ne,c York World (Dem.)
Mr. Hattons penny Press is only fifteen days
old and yet it rises in its might, reads the New
York Times ont of the Republican party. kicks
it down tile back stairs and pitches its carpet.
bag after. This is herculean feat, and if the
Press never does anything else it can point with
pride TO this display of strength, nerve and
cheek.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

Gen. Phil Sheridan does not think
his chances of being nominated for Presi-
dent next year are good enough to be worth
talking about. Senator Sherman's chances
are in the same position, and have been for
years, but he can't be made to realize it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
GENTLEMEN's HANDKERCHIEFs.

125 dozen Gentlemen's White Hemmed Linen
Handkerchiefs from 10c to 35c each.
200 dozen Gentlemen's White Hemstitched
Handkerchiefs from 20c to 75c. each.
175 dozen Gentlemen's Colored Bordered Fine
Linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, all new de-
signs from zoe. 10 SOC. each.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

The Minneapolis papers declare that Flor
ida is an old humbug and California new
humbug. Florida and California might
retort by saying that as a humbug Mime
sofa puts one in mind of the ''story" that
is ''old, but forever new"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

Mr.. Keely the motor man proposes to
capitalize his ''vitratory sympathy" at
S15,OO0,000. Hs discarded ''etheric force"
was capitalized at only 100000. Those
who want stock in the new enterprise
should not be backward about asking for it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

Each of the two Louisiana Democratic
factions is claiming that its candidate for
Governor is greatly in the lead, and the
New Orleans Chronicle is still hammering
away in the effort to get up boom for
third candidate, Gen. Behan. 1t may be
that a dark horse will win, but such result
does not seem probable
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

The death of Gov. Bodwell, of Maine, ele-
Yates an anti-Blaine man to the Guberna-
torial office of that State. This condition of
affairs may have an important bearing upon
the political fortunes of the plumed knight
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

The last man to solve the problem of per-
petual motion is Mr.. Thomas w. Malone,
of Gallipolis, o. The men who discover
perpetual motion are a source of perpetual
annoyance to the country
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
No Doubt of 1t.

From the Richmond Dispatch (Den,.)
friend from the country informs the Dis
match that we will have warm winter because
the hornets nests hang high. No doubt it will
be warm in the neighborhood of the nests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

The situation in Louisiana remains I'M
mains unchanged. Both Gov. McEnery
and Gen. Nichols are about thirty votes
ahead, according to 5he count of their re-
spective newspaper organs
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

Mr.. II. H. CUP left Philadelphia day
OF two ago for Georgia TO buy up a vast
quantity of railroad ties, which are to be
shipped East and used in extending the
Lehigh Valley road.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

1t is getting time to brace up preparatory
to making New Year resolutions. Begin
in advance, and you may hold out longer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
WHITE SILK HANDKERCHIEFs.

100 dozen White Hemstitched silk Handker-
chiefs, wide and narrow hens, in pure and
cream white, from soc. to 81 80 each.
IS dozen Pure and Cream White Brocaded
Silk Handkerchiefs from soc to 81 So
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

Senator ingalls, might save expense by
having his novel printed in the Congress
siondL Record.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Wrong View of It.

From the Chicago Tribune (Rep)
Charleston, S, c., went Democratic last Tues
day as usual. The earthquake was useless
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

In Chester county, South Carolina the
other day, there was consummated a
marriage in which the groom was lO3 years
old and the bride -. Both We're colored
people. IL the records are to be believed.
Thomas Parr of England, who is alleged
to have lived to the age of 1872, married his
first wife when he was so and his second
when he was 100.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
Store Open This Week Until 5 P. NJ.
POROUS PLASTERS.

The market is flooded with
nostrums of various sorts, in
the form of so-called "Elec-
trio" appliances and Porous
Plasters that have no merit
beyond that of a mere me-
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to which they are applied.
Avoid these nostrums and use
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Back, Bowel Troubles and all
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their efficacy is Endorsed by
thousands of Physicians, Phar-
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and take no other.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

Mr. Blaine is to have the naming of his
associate on the Presidential ticket, and he
viii name Foraker. This is the latest.
What ticket for CAB that would be!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
A. r. ALTMAYER g. co.
You all know what

You all know what
generous providers
kLTMAYER & co.
are. They will not
fail this week in
keeping up their
past reputation and
helping their Gus
toners to make a
big saving Maybe
enough to layin a part
or all of next Sun
days Christmas din
ner, or enough to
equal part Of a
weeks wages. This
is certainly the place
to make hard-earned
wages buy a dollars
worth worth carrying
home.
In the line Of Holi-
day Novelties we
have a most elaborate
display, surprising
anything ever shown
heretofore. Our pur-
chases have been ex-
traordinarily large
and are hardly de-
scrlbable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
The Most Proninert Tohacconist.
From the Chicago Ne,cs (Ind0

Mr.. James G. Blaine is now the most promi-
nent tobacconist in the universe, with some
back counties in the planet Mars yet to hear
ron
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18

Senator Butler, of South Carolina, is fire.
quently called the handsomest and the best
dressed man in the Senate. He astonished
his brother Senators last week by appearing
in "a new style overcoat, which is said to be
no overcoat at all, but a Lar &c, thick cape
of rough gray cloth, which buttons about
the neck, and falls just below the elbow. AS
ne walked along to the capitol, he is said to
have had the air Of a man conscious that he
was in the right, but a little ahead Of the
Washington fashion. Ii is Senator Hamp-
ton, we believe, whom the ladies call the
sweetest man in the world" Altogether,
South Carolina is taking prominent posi-
ton in national gossip.